On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Tha.Suresh <[email protected]> wrote: > Get a brief overview of how many files and directories are installed > > $ locate -S > > This locate command is provided through the mlocate package, installed by > default on most GNU/Linux distributions. > > The output is self-explanatory- it provides an overview of how many > directories and files are on your system. > Ex: > > shr...@arul-desktop:~$ locate -S > Database /var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db: > 33,159 directories > 3,72,258 files > 2,23,63,372 bytes in file names > 87,22,893 bytes used to store database
Great tip. Thanks. -Girish PS: You seem to be the only nice guy in LUG. ha ha ;) -- Gayatri Hitech http://gayatri-hitech.com [email protected] _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
